New York Philharmonic Concertmaster Glenn Dicterow formed the Amerigo Trio with violist Karen Dreyfus and cellist Inbal Segev after their successful collaboration at the Bowdoin International Chamber Music Festival, hailed as a "virtuoso performance . . . an extraordinary interchange of musical thought" by the Maine Sunday Telegram. The Strad has praised Amerigo's “personality, purpose and captivating energy.”
In the short time since the group's founding in the summer of 2009, they have been invited to play at some of the most prestigious concert series in the United States. The Amerigo Trio is named after Italian explorer Amerigo Vespucci, and is committed to the exploration of the riches of the string trio repertoire, new and old.